PM called me disciplined soldier of BJP, role model: K.S. Eshwarappa
The Hindu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally called K.S. Eshwarappa on April 21 to thank him for announcing his retirement from electoral politics on the suggestion of the BJP high command
Former Deputy Chief Minister and the BJP’s OBC face K. S. Eshwarappa has been hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who personally called him over telephone on April 21 to thank him for announcing his retirement from electoral politics on the suggestion of the party high command.
“Mr. Modi described me as a disciplined soldier of the party, and a role model to others,” says Mr. Eshwarappa, who has decided to campaign actively for the party, unlike many other disappointed ticket aspirants who have rebelled.
“Party has given me everything. I started as an ordinary booth-level worker, and I was made Deputy Chief Minister. There is no question of thinking twice when party suggests that I should retire from electoral politics,” Mr. Eshwarappa told The Hindu in an interview.
Excerpts from the interview:
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.